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Teach For America

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Title: New York | Teach For America


URL Source: https://newyork.teachforamerica.org/


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All of New York City's 1 million students have the potential to be the leaders our city needs. Teach For America New York corps members, alumni, schools, and partners are working together to make sure all children in NYC have the opportunity to attend great neighborhood schools that support, inspire, and challenge them to become those leaders.


Image 1: TFA NY teachers and students


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About Us


Since our founding in 1990, Teach For America New York has played a leading role in NYC’s movement to ensure all children have access to an excellent education. We have introduced close to 6,000 promising leaders to New York City schools. With incoming corps sizes ranging from 100 to 500+, TFA corps members have helped to meet critical needs education leaders who believe deeply in the potential of all children, particularly in hard to staff areas—special education, STEM, and early childhood education—in low-income neighborhoods that have difficulty attracting and retaining qualified teachers.


Our corps members and alumni are among the group of bold leaders who have helped to change the prevailing ideology about what is possible for kids of color from low-income backgrounds. Their classrooms and schools serve as proof points, demonstrating that with high expectations, clear vision and goals, solid plans and strong execution, all students can achieve at high levels.


Today, Teach For America is striving to reach a bold goal: By 2030, twice as many children in communities where we work will reach key educational milestones indicating they are on a path to economic mobility and co-creating a future filled with possibility.


The work towards One Day when all children have access to an excellent education is more critical than ever. Will you join us?


Nearly


300


corps members are teaching in NYC.


Close to


75%


of our corps share the experiences and backgrounds of their students.


Almost


6K


TFA alums live and work in our region.


Join Us


Let's support, inspire, and challenge students to be the next generation of leaders that New York City needs.


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Our Programs


We offer two programs to support New York's learners.


The Corps


The Corps


Our corps members are leaders, who work in partnership with students and families to deliver rigorous and data-informed content and to create joyful, inclusive learning environments for all students. Together, we will seek to build more excellent education systems that meet the needs of every child through bold leadership and deep understanding of self in relation to others.


Image 2: Teacher and student bump elbows in the school hallway. Both are wearing face masks.


Our Impact in New York


Our Impact in New York


New York City has made significant progress in education. Over the past decade, we have seen record-level high school graduation rates, as well as gains in college and career readiness among New York City students. New York City’s promise of universal pre-kindergarten has resulted in an increase in the number of 4-year-olds enrolled in pre-K from 20,000 in 2014 to more than 70,000 in 2017, setting future generations up with a strong foundation in their early education.


Teach For America New York’s almost 6,000 corps members and alumni are among the countless educators, activists, parents, and community leaders who have pushed to raise the bar for educational excellence in our city.


Image 3: A group of corps members sit in a cafeteria holding blue TFA letters.


Schools to Learn From


Check out the TFA NY schools that have been honored with this designation.


About Schools to Learn From


About Schools to Learn From


A number of Teach For America New York partner schools have been selected for Teach For America's Schools to Learn From program for providing an excellent education to their students. These schools serve as "learning laboratories" on pedagogical best practices and vision for other educators across the nation. Past New York selected schools in the Schools to Learn From program include:


Image 4: A group of New York high school students at graduation


Addressing NY Student Needs


TFA NY focuses its presence in low-income schools, hard-to-staff subjects, and neighborhoods where the need is greatest. We deliver data-driven, culturally responsive programming that provides corps members with the skills they need to understand community context and immediately impact student success. Together, they are meeting critical needs in NYC:



  • Corps members teach in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, or Queens at one of more than 100 partner schools. Partner schools include a mix of district and charter schools, as well as community-based organizations. 

  • Close to 50% of corps members, including all pre-K teachers, are dual certified in special education. The number of students with disabilities in NYC is larger than the entire population of most school districts around the country.

  • 35% of corps members teach science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

  • 8% of corps members teach our youngest learners in the community-based organizations that make it possible for NYC to provide universal full day pre-K.


Department of Education's Showcase Schools


In the past five years, 6 alumni-led schools in New York City were recognized by the Department of Education’s Showcase Schools program, with two out of the six being selected as Showcase Schools over multiple years of the program.


The Highbridge Green School


The Highbridge Green School


The Highbridge Green School is a community school that cares for each students’ academic, emotional, and physical well-being. By providing students with a strong academic foundation, relevant learning experiences, and a safe and loving environment, The Highbridge Green School will empower them to have and make successful choices in high school, college, careers, and beyond.


School Leader: Kyle Brillante (New York '07)


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Get in Touch


Questions about Teach For America New York?


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“I chose TFA NY because diversity is the most valuable aspect of culture to me and New York embodies that in its core. As a former student of the education system here, it is a personal duty of mine to support the students who are in the shoes that I once walked in.”



New York Corps Member 2019


Image 6: Teach For America New Jersey Executive Director Tia Morris


Tia Morris


New York '98


Executive Director


Teach For America New York


Since starting her career here in NYC as a 1998 corps member, Tia has dedicated more than two decades to improving educational opportunities for young people. The former Executive Director for Teach For America New Jersey deeply believes in the potential of every student.


Run With Team Teach For America


Run With Team Teach For America


We are excited to announce that Teach For America has been named an official Charity Partner for the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon.


Image 7: Alt text: Marathon runners in NYC


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Support Our Work


Your gifts help our effort to find, support, and develop a network of leaders to ensure all students in New York City have the opportunity to attend great neighborhood schools.